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Alec Baldwin
Alexander Rae Baldwin III is an American actor and film producer. He is known for his leading and supporting roles in a variety of genres, from comedy to drama. He has received numerous accolades including three Primetime Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards and eight Screen Actors Guild Awards as well as nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and Tony Award.
Kathleen Turner
American actress (born 1954)
Jane Lynch
American actress
Dolores Huerta
Dolores Huerta is an American labor leader and feminist activist. After working for several years with the Community Service Organization (CSO), she co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) with fellow activists Cesar Chavez and Gilbert Padilla, which eventually merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) to become the United Farm Workers (UFW). Huerta joined Filipino leader Larry Itliong in the Delano grape strike in 1965, managing boycott campaigns on the east coast and negotiating with the grape companies to end the strike. Some credit her with inventing the UFW slogan "sí se puede".
Norman Lear
American television writer and producer (1922-2023)
Julian Bond
American social activist (1940–2015)
Andrew Gillum
American politician (born 1979)
Tony Podesta
lobbyist
Mary Frances Berry
American historian, writer, lawyer, activist and professor
Ben Jealous
American civil rights activist (born 1973)
Daniel Katz
American environmentalist
John Hall Buchanan, Jr.
former U.S. representative from Alabama (1928-2018)